Rhode Island Italian Artists
Show Dates: September 2 through October 4
Opening Reception: September 18, 5-9 pm

PROVIDENCE, RI (August 8, 2008): With Gallery Z calling Federal Hill its home for the past four years, we have decided to pay homage to the neighborhood that has so warmly embraced us by hosting an exhibition of Rhode Island Italian Artists.

In this exhibition, Gallery Z has selected well established artists of Italian descent from Rhode Island. Featured artists include painters Anthony Tomaselli and Stephanie Marzella, photographers Angelo Marinosci and Salvatore Mancini and renowned sculptor Angelo Rosati.

Salvatore Mancini’s work has been published, exhibited and collected throughout America and Europe and he has received Rhode Island’s Pell Award and Italy’s Bolaffi Prize in addition to numerous grants to support his work.

Having been born and raised in Rhode Island, Anthony Tomaselli is well known for his paintings of local landscapes. Tomaselli teaches painting to many different audiences, including the painting classes at the Providence Art Club.

Angelo Marinosci is a well known and respected photographer who has taught and lectured at such Rhode Island institutions as Rhode Island College, and Rhode Island School of Design.

Since moving to southern Rhode Island, Stephanie Marzella has been focusing solely on landscape. The driving forces behind Stephanie’s work are her love of nature and interpretive use of color.

Angelo Rosati joined the art department of Rhode Island College where he nurtured the department into a vibrant art curriculum that gained national notoriety. He served two terms as the Chairman of the Art Department once in 1966-1968 and again from 1973-1976, retiring in 1985. Rosati exhibits in Rhode Island, New York City, the national art exhibit in Washington D.C., Mexico, Rome and countless galleries earned him many awards and accolades.

The opening reception will be held on Thursday, September 18th, from 5-9pm. This exhibition is the first of two consecutive shows that overlap the month of October, designated as Rhode Island’s Italian Heritage Month.